Synopsis: People trust medical practitioners, believing that they are equipped with the knowledge and skills to safeguard their health. But when this knowledge is misused to exploit this trust, medical care becomes a nightmare. The profession is riddled with unscrupulous doctors and hospitals out to make big bucks at the cost of patients, but there are still medical practitioners who stand up for the Hippocratic Oath, and those who want to clean up the profession.

In India, with privatization and globalization having brought in modern medical equipment and techniques, no longer are the choices limited when it comes to finding a doctor. Now, the question is which doctor at which hospital or clinic to choose.

But the reality is that health care, and specifically the cost of medicines, itself drains the average pocket so much, that large numbers of people are often forced to go without appropriate treatment.